BURRY PORT & GWENDRAETH VALLEY RAILWAY COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04437079 · ltd · incorporated 2002-05-13
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to May 2025
Net worth
£40.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 49319
Sector: Transportation & storage
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 49390SIC 49390
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
9 officers (4 active, 9 linked, 6 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
67 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £40,705

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£41k
↑ 21% YoY
Current Assets
£61k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£12k£24k£36k£48k£61kMay 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Total assets£40.7k£97.6k
Current assets£60.6k£60.6k
Net assets£40.7k£33.8k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-02-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-02-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-04-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-11-08
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  7. 2021-08-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-04-01
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    STAPLEFORD, Robert Peter appointed
    director
  9. 2021-02-01
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  10. 2020-12-31
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    ASHTON, Ian Thomas resigned
    director
  11. 2020-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-02-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-02-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-02-09
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  15. 2017-09-30
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    HOBDEN, Jonathan Michael resigned
    director
  16. 2017-05-09
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  17. 2017-04-30
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    LLOYD HARVEY, Stephen Peter resigned
    director
  18. 2017-02-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  19. 2016-09-06
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  20. 2016-09-01
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    THOMAS, Dragana appointed
    director
  21. 2016-04-26
    ➕
    HOBDEN, Jonathan Michael appointed
    director
  22. 2014-08-06
    ➕
    LLOYD HARVEY, Stephen Peter appointed
    director
  23. 2013-07-01
    ➕
    ASHTON, Ian Thomas appointed
    director
  24. 2002-05-15
    ➕
    THOMAS, Dragana appointed
    secretary
  25. 2002-05-15
    ➖
    HCS SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2002-05-15
    ➖
    HANOVER DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  27. 2002-05-14
    ➕
    THOMAS, Stuart Paul appointed
    director
  28. 2002-05-13
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BURRY PORT & GWENDRAETH VALLEY RAILWAY COMPANY LIMITED
  29. 2002-05-13
    ➕
    HCS SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  30. 2002-05-13
    ➕
    HANOVER DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Stuart Paul Thomas
Individual · Welsh · DOB 06/1964 · age 62
——sig. influencesignificant influence01/09/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2002-05-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC49319 — SIC 49319

Registered office

2 Bridge Street
Kidwelly
Carmarthenshire
SA17 4UU

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-18
Last: 2025-09-04

Officers (4 active · 5 resigned)

THOMAS, Dragana→
secretary · appointed 2002-05-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
STAPLEFORD, Robert Peter→
director · ~77y · appointed 2021-04-01
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Active
THOMAS, Dragana→
director · ~62y · appointed 2016-09-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
THOMAS, Stuart Paul→
director · ~62y · appointed 2002-05-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HCS SECRETARIAL LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-05-13 · resigned 2002-05-15
Resigned
ASHTON, Ian Thomas→
director · ~73y · appointed 2013-07-01 · resigned 2020-12-31
Resigned
HOBDEN, Jonathan Michael→
director · ~67y · appointed 2016-04-26 · resigned 2017-09-30
Resigned
LLOYD HARVEY, Stephen Peter→
director · ~77y · appointed 2014-08-06 · resigned 2017-04-30
Resigned
HANOVER DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-05-13 · resigned 2002-05-15
Resigned

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Recent filings (67 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-02-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-02-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-02-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-04-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-08
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-11-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-08-31
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-02-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-02-28